Embroidery stitch



June 18,1929. LANGA 1,718,156

EMBROIDERY STITCH Filed Jan. 29, 1927 Patented June 18, 1929.

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EMBROIDERY STITCH.

Application filed January 29, 1927.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a novel and highly ornamental embroidery stitch, the invention contemplating a novel arrangement of a tufting stitch or stitches, in which the yarn is passed across the under face of the fabric receiving the embroidery and through the fabric at different points to form loops or tufts projecting from the upper face, and the combina- 0 tion of this tufting stitch with another stitch or stitches in a manner combining utility with ornamentation.

In the attached drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view of the face of the fabric embroidered in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a view of the reverse side of the fabric; v

Fig. 3 is a sectional perspective View, and

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, illustratin g a modification of the stitch.

Referring to the drawings, the tufting thread or yarn 1 is carried in a preferred embodiment across the back of the fabric 2 in a zigzag line, and at each turn of direction is passed through the fabric to appear on the face thereof in the form of an upstanding loop or tuft, 3. By reason of the zigzag arrangement, the tufts 3 appear on the face of the fabric in two spaced apart rows with the loops of one row staggered with respect to the loops of the other. The rows of loops may be made to take any ornamental configuration desired on the face of the fabric and are highly effective in affording unusual ornamental appearances.

A particularly desirable and novel effect is obtained when the aforesaid tufting stitch is combined with a second stitch or row of stitches 4 extending through the fabric and along a line between the spaced. rows of tufts 3, as shown in the drawings- The stitching 4 is made subsequent to the formation of the tufting stitch and functions not only to increase the ornamental appearance of the combined stitch but positively binds the floats 5 of the tufting stitch at the back of the fabric so that the latter cannot beunraveled or pulled out.

The practical value of the itching 4 en- Serial No. 164,512.

tirely aside from the ornamental value there of will be readily understood, since it is apparent that the tufting stitch may, in the absence of some preventing means, be easily unraveled by merely taking hold of the yarn at the back and pulling it away, thereby withdrawing the loops 3 and entirely separating the yarn from the fabric. With the stitching 4, however, this is prevented, and the tufting stitch accordingly becomes a highly useful and practical embroidery device.

In the drawings, the stitching 4 takes the form of a chain stitch widely used'in the embroidery art- The character of the stitching 4, however, may vary widely and practically any form of stitch applied as described will function to secure the tufting stitches. The stitching 4 may, in fact, have of itself no ornamental value and still fall within the scope of the invention.

It will be apparent that the embroidery is subject to very considerable modification without departure from the invention. In Fig. 4, for example, instead of one tufting stitch, two are employed of different colors and each arranged in the zigzag forn'iation but oppositely so that in the individual rows of tufts appearing on the face of the fabric the yarns of different colors alternate. In this instance, a single row of stitching 4 functions to bind both tufting stitches.

I claim:

1. An embroidery stitch comprising a yarn passed in substantially zigzag formation across the back of a fabric and through the fabric at each turn of direction to thereby form a series of free tufts on the face of the fabric arranged in spaced and substanti ally parallel rows, with each tuft joined to an adjacent tuft of the other row by a free float at the back of the fabric, and a line of stitches extending between the said rows of tufts and functioning to bind the floats of the tufting yarn at the back of the fabric.

2. A n embroidery stitch comprising a yarn passed in substantially zigzag formation across the back of a fabric and through the fabric at each turn of direction of said to form a series of free tnftson the face of the fabric arranged in spaced relation one to another in substantially parallel rows and with each loop joined to an adjacent loop of the other row by a free float at the back of the fabric, a second yarn placed on the fabric in a manner substantially similar to the first said yarn and having its tufts positioned in the said parallel rows intermediate the adjacent tuits of the first yarn, and a line of stitches extending longitudinally between said parallel rows of tufts adapted to bind the said floats of said tufting yarns to the back of the fabric.

MORRIS M. LANGA. 

